Super! Thank you Massimo. @Bruno, thanks for the response, but please note that A(_src= ... will not work. It must be A(_href= ... Probably just an oversight on your part.
On Jun 26, 12:55 am, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > http://.../myapp/static/files/mytable.name/xy/<long filename>? > attachment > > notice the ?attachment after filename > > On Jun 25, 11:38 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I want to click on a link and have a jpeg or an mp3 file downloaded > > from the server to my local machine as though I had done a right-mouse- > > click and selected the "Save Link As ..." menu entry. In other words, > > when I click on the link I want to get a popup asking where to save > > the file. Any thoughts as to how to do this? My feeble attempts so far > > have failed miserably. The file is stored on the server under C:/ > > web2py/applications/myapp/static/files/mytable.name/xy/<long filename>.
